who led nfl in all purpose yards 1974 to 1988

From 1974 through 1988, Walter Payton gained the most all-purpose yards, with 21,803 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,803	190	114.8	125	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	23.9	15	539	2.8	0	0	0.0	0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,326	173	94.4	91	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	20.5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Steve Largent S. Largent	12,993	190	68.4	98	83	0.4	1	12,686	66.8	97	156	0.8	0	68	0.4	0
4	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,419	147	84.5	86	10,367	70.5	78	2,038	13.9	8	27	0.2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	12,150	145	83.8	42	5,303	36.6	23	2,959	20.4	17	2,061	14.2	1	1,827	12.6	1
6	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	11,810	113	104.5	42	4,484	39.7	32	1,945	17.2	9	4,007	35.5	0	1,377	12.2	1
7	Bruce Harper B. Harper	11,429	99	115.4	21	1,829	18.5	8	2,409	24.3	12	5,407	54.6	0	1,784	18.0	1
8	James Lofton J. Lofton	11,358	164	69.3	55	246	1.5	1	11,085	67.6	54	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	11,352	90	126.1	78	9,915	110.2	75	1,422	15.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,985	170	64.6	65	127	0.7	0	9,866	58.0	64	29	0.2	0	960	5.6	1
11	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,913	127	85.9	60	8,294	65.3	55	2,614	20.6	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	James Brooks J. Brooks	10,891	109	99.9	57	5,104	46.8	35	2,699	24.8	22	2,523	23.1	0	565	5.2	0
13	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	10,785	143	75.4	35	316	2.2	2	4,211	29.4	25	2,941	20.6	2	3,317	23.2	6
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	10,628	138	77.0	101	9,157	66.4	92	1,471	10.7	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	10,561	150	70.4	56	84	0.6	0	8,966	59.8	56	1,032	6.9	0	428	2.9	0
16	Marcus Allen M. Allen	10,446	97	107.7	78	6,982	72.0	61	3,470	35.8	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	10,340	192	53.9	53	8	0.0	0	10,319	53.7	53	8	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	10,213	115	88.8	74	9,407	81.8	74	806	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	10,105	107	94.4	58	6,789	63.4	45	2,502	23.4	12	814	7.6	1	0	0.0	0
20	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	10,081	119	84.7	35	349	2.9	3	4,369	36.7	24	2,355	19.8	0	3,008	25.3	8
21	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	9,475	152	62.3	56	7,378	48.5	51	1,860	12.2	5	237	1.6	0	0	0.0	0
22	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	9,457	110	86.0	74	6,702	60.9	71	2,323	21.1	3	432	3.9	0	0	0.0	0
23	Roger Craig R. Craig	9,371	94	99.7	58	5,571	59.3	43	3,768	40.1	15	32	0.3	0	0	0.0	0
24	Roy Green R. Green	9,339	140	66.7	58	140	1.0	1	6,996	50.0	55	1,917	13.7	1	230	1.6	1
25	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,258	133	69.6	41	18	0.1	0	5,758	43.3	40	3,460	26.0	1	22	0.2	0

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Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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